{"id":15944,"date":"2016-08-03T13:52:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T03:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=15944"},"modified":"2016-08-03T13:52:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T03:52:55","slug":"victorian-tennis-award-winners-a-chance-for-national-awards-at-newcombe-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2016\/08\/03\/victorian-tennis-award-winners-a-chance-for-national-awards-at-newcombe-medal","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Tennis Award winners a chance for national awards at Newcombe Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent Victorian Tennis Award winners will now have the opportunity to be recognised nationally, with a new nomination process recently announced by Tennis Australia.<\/p>\n<p>All state and territory award winners will automatically be nominated for the equivalent national award, bypassing the previous open nomination period for the Australian Tennis Awards.<\/p>\n<p>From the national pool of nominations, three finalists will be selected for each category with the winners announced at the glamourous Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards on Monday, 28 November.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s <strong>Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards<\/strong> will be held on Monday 28 November 2016 at Crown Palladium in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2016 Victorian Tennis Award Winners<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Outstanding Club, Centre or Association<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Notting Hill \/ Pinewood Tennis Club (Glen Waverley)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spirit of Tennis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cedric Mason (Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club &amp; Royal South Yarra Tennis Club)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Volunteer Achievement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Terry Flynn (Maffra Lawn Tennis Club)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supporting Tennis \u2013 Local Government Recognition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brimbank City Council<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coaching Excellence \u2013 Club or Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adrian Muscillo (Eildon Park Tennis Club)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coaching Excellence \u2013 ANZ Tennis Hot Shots<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vicky Lee (Doncaster Tennis Club)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Outstanding School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>St Gregory the Great Primary School (Doncaster)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Outstanding Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bendigo Bank Winter JT and AMT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Outstanding 35+ Tennis Senior<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peter Keller (Ballarat Regional Tennis Centre)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dylan Alcott (St Kilda)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Female<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jaimee Fourlis (MCC Tennis)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Junior Athlete of the Year \u2013 Male<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ken Cavrak (Green Gully Tennis Club)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Tennis Australia Award categories<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please find below categories for the Newcombe Medal, Australian Tennis Awards for 2016:<\/p>\n<p>Newcombe Medal <em>(closed award)<br \/>\n<\/em>Coaching Excellence \u2013 High Performance <em>(closed award)<br \/>\n<\/em>Coaching Excellence \u2013 Club<br \/>\nCoaching Excellence \u2013 Talent Development<br \/>\nExcellence in Officiating<br \/>\nFemale Junior Athlete of the Year<br \/>\nMale Junior Athlete of the Year<br \/>\nMost Outstanding 35+ Tennis Senior<br \/>\nMost Outstanding Athlete with a Disability<br \/>\nMost Outstanding Tennis Club<br \/>\nMost Outstanding Professional Tournament<br \/>\nMost Outstanding Australian Ranking Tournament<br \/>\nMost Outstanding School<br \/>\nVolunteer Achievement Award<br \/>\nPresident\u2019s Spirit of Tennis Award <em>(closed award)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the conversation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>#newks16<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisAustralia\">@TennisAustralia<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: @tennisaus<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newcombemedal.com.au\">newcombemedal.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent Victorian Tennis Award winners will now have the opportunity to be recognised nationally, with a new nomination process recently announced by Tennis Australia. All state and territory award winners will automatically be nominated for the equivalent national award, bypassing the previous open nomination period for the Australian Tennis Awards. 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